Steve Hutchinson has one year remaining on the groundbreaking seven-year contract the Minnesota Vikings signed him to in 2006. It calls for him to receive about $7 million in salary in 2012, and count about the same against the salary cap. Will the Vikings bring him back at that price?

That's a question Dave Campbell of the Associated Press asked of Hutchinson, who indicated he didn't know what lies in his immediate future. Hutchinson: "I know what the cap situation is and all that, but it's out of my control."

Hutchinson, 35, has finished each of the past two seasons on injured reserve, most recently because of a concussion. Vikings general manager Rick Spielman has spoken often entering the 2012 season with a younger roster. It's possible the Vikings will ask Hutchinson to take a pay cut, but if he is healthy you would think he would be a good role model and tone-setter for whatever young offensive linemen the Vikings bring in.

The Vikings have a tentative deal with the University of Minnesota to add 3,000 extra seats if and when the Vikings need to play there during construction of a new stadium, according to the Star Tribune. That would bring capacity to about 53,000.

Bob McGinn of the Journal Sentinel thinks it's quite possible that free-agent center Scott Wells won't return to the Packers. The Packers apparently haven't made him an offer that would make him among the top five highest-paid centers in the league.